Dr. Brian D. Laslie

He is Ph.D. in History, Kansas State University, (2013), M.M.O.A.S, Air Command and Staff College in-residence, (2016), M.S. in International Relations, Auburn University at Montgomery, (2006), and B.A. in History, The Citadel, (2001). Currently he serves as the Command Historian to the Superintendent, US Air Force Academy.  Principal adviser on matters relating to the USAFA historical program. Duties include planning, directing, and overseeing the historical program, preparation of the on-going annual history of the Academy, conducting necessary historical analytic studies in support of Academy needs, managing the preservation of key historical documentation detailing operational and planning activity of the academy, and supervising personnel in the history office to include GS, reserve officers, and volunteers. In the past, he was North American Aerospace Defense Command and United States Northern Command, Deputy Command Historian, (August 2012-May 2021). Adjunct Professor of Air and Space Power, The Citadel, (January 2021-Present). Adjunct Professor, United States Air Force Academy, Department of History, (January 2017-Present). The last book publication was he Air Force Way of War: U.S. Tactics and Training After Vietnam, University Press  of Kentucky, June 2015 (selected for 2016 Chief of Staff of the Air Force reading list and the 2017 Royal Air Force Chief of the Air Staff reading list).